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Ashton says the new 'situation room' cost the EU no extra money (Photo: Council of European Union)

UK snubs Ashton over EU military headquarters

by Valentina Pop, Brussels, July 19, 2011, 5:55:38 AM
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British foreign minister William Hague on Monday (18 July) said his country would "never" agree to the idea of a single EU military headquarters to replace the command centres scattered around five member states.

"I have made very clear that the United Kingdom will not agree to a permanent operational HQ. We will not agree to it now and we will not agree to it in the future. That is a red line," Hague told reporters after a meeting of foreign ministers in Brussels.

He argued tha...

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Ashton says the new 'situation room' cost the EU no extra money (Photo: Council of European Union)

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